52nd Annual International IATEFL Conference and Exhibition

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Rasha talks about her session using TED-Ed, sharing her experience using the platform for multi-skilled lessons that start with a short video (not necessarily a TED talk), has the tools to create interactive exercises and then delves deeper into discussions.

JJ Wilson, teacher, teacher trainer, novelist and plenary speaker will present the 2016 Language Learner Literature Awards. Meet publishers and the award-winning authors over drinks. The first 200 attendees will also receive a free copy of one of the winning books.

We talk a lot about technology in ELT but the gap between what we do, and could do, is becoming a chasm. A panel of technology experts, bringing experiences from outside the ELT world, will discuss trends such as machine translation, artificial intelligence, chatbots and future workplaces. Their perspectives will challenge our current thinking, and help us consider future possibilities.

UK native English speakers do not implicitly know the grammar of their native language. This talk presents the benefits of teaching traditional grammar used in EFL teaching materials explicitly for 40 hours before pre-service TESOL education. The talk outlines a starting point for instruction and gives reasons for why formal explicit grammar instruction needs consideration in UK TESOL education.

Applying complex theories of motivation to teaching practice is challenging. Drawing on ideas from the new book Motivational Teaching, this session offers an original perspective on motivation that will help teachers of young people respond to this challenge. We will do a fun thought experiment to reveal how motivation can be raised, gaining theoretical and practical insights into motivational teaching.

With globalization and immigration, ELT approaches that recognize and value diversity are needed. Plurilingualism is one approach that offers several benefits to English learners, but practice is still a challenge. In this talk, participants will learn about plurilingual tasks and projects that can be implemented in their own context. Plurilingual ELT represents a world that is diverse and inclusive.

In this presentation, I will present the case for listening both to what language learners have to say about the materials they would like to use and to what they have to say about themselves, about their ideas, their views and about their world. I will refer to successful examples of listening to learners and suggest other ways of listening.

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We're delighted to welcome back our presenters Kirsteen and Nik for another IATEFL Online. We would also like to welcome Roohi to the team. Our presenters will be doing live interviews from the IATEFL Online studio - starting at around 10.00am (UK time) on each day of the conference. Tune in on Monday 3rd April for the start of our live coverage from Glasgow.

On each day of the conference, you will be able to watch the morning plenary live, here, on the Glasgow IATEFL Online website.You will be able to watch live coverage throughout the day starting at 09.00 (UK time). Our daily coverage includes live interviews and all the latest from the Glasgow IATEFL Online studio.

As well as our live interviews, you will also be able to watch over 40 conference sessions. These session videos will be published throughout the conference.

IATEFL President, Marjorie Rosenberg, welcomes you to our 11th IATEFL Online and thanks the British Council for their support in enabling teachers around the world to follow IATEFL Online for the 11th year in a row!

IATEFL Online presenter, Kirsteen Donaghy, sets the scene with a warm welcome to the 51st IATEFL conference in Glasgow. Find out all the information you need to know on how to be part of the IATEFL conference online this year.

Once again this year, the British Council has invited a team of IATEFL Online Registered Bloggers to report on their impressions of this year's Annual IATEFL Conference. There are more than forty bloggers from all over the world including Saudi Arabia, Greece, Argentina, Russia and India.